Arlene Westmoreland Harland

Arlene Westmoreland was born on June 17, 1939 to Waymon and Marjorie Core of Yreka and passed away on Sept. 22, 2012 at the age of 73.

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Siskiyou Daily News, Yreka, CA

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Posted Oct. 9, 2012 at 9:52 AM
Updated Oct 9, 2012 at 9:56 AM

Posted Oct. 9, 2012 at 9:52 AM
Updated Oct 9, 2012 at 9:56 AM

Arlene Westmoreland was born on June 17, 1939 to Waymon and Marjorie Core of Yreka and passed away on Sept. 22, 2012 at the age of 73. She was raised in the area and graduated from Yreka High School in 1957.

Her love of flying led her to become an avid pilot at the age of 25 in the small town of Montague. As a woman of strong character with an independent nature, Arlene moved to British Columbia in 1967. There, she lived much as a pioneer woman, living simply in the Canadian wilderness without electricity or other modern conveniences while learning to trap mink and lynx as well as enjoy her love of fishing.

While enjoying the challenges and freedoms that came with her venturesome years in Canada, Arlene returned to California in 1974, where she met and married her loving husband of 38 years, JB Westmoreland. They later moved to Dinuba and purchased the Table Supply Market grocery store. Together, JB and Arlene expanded the Table Supply Market to two locations, also offering catering and serving many folks in the Dinuba and Reedley area for over 20 years.

Arlene's love of flying initiated the launch of her own airplane painting business called "Rainbow Aviation." Continuing to fly, she obtained her commercial pilot's license and was the company pilot for Corrwood Containers in Visalia, where she flew with them for over 15 years. Arlene also owned her own plane for many years, and often took her family and friends on planned as well as impromptu trips.

After the death of JB in 2010, she married a wonderful man, Robert Harland, from Dinuba in which they shared two wonderful years together before her death. Belonging to the Lucky Ones RV Club, they shared a love of travel and many adventures with their very special Club friends.

Arlene is survived by two children, Adele Nikkel and her husband Kent of Reedley; Jim Westmoreland and his wife Jennifer of Seattle; four grandchildren, who were the love of her life, Loren Nikkel and his wife Lauren, Matthew Nikkel, Ainsley Westmoreland and Meagen Kelly.

Private services were held on Sept. 27, 2012 at the Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba followed by a luncheon reception in Reedley.

The family would like to thank everyone for their support during Arlene's battle with cancer. She was deeply loved and will be dearly missed.